Where You're From, Part I
Good news! Monaco, Papua New Guinea and French Guyana have risen into the ranks of the places that send us visitors (recall this discussion from December), although Turkmenistan, North Korea, and Mali remain stubborn hold-outs.
But what about within the U.S.? When we sort the states by the visitors they send us, it's no surprise: the biggest states rank at the top:
States That Send Ricochet the Most Visitors
- California
- New York
- Texas
- Illinois
- Virginia
- Florida
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Washington
- Colorado
- Minnesota
- Georgia
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- Maryland
- District of Columbia
- Arizona
- Missouri
But if you adjust the ranking according to population, things start to get more interesting:
States That Send Ricochet the Most Visitors, Per Capita
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- Colorado
- Minnesota
- North Dakota
- Washington
- Oregon
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- New York
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- California
- Utah
- New Hampshire
- Missouri
- South Dakota
- Vermont
- Arizona
- Alaska
D.C. sends us far and away the most visitors per capita, and it's only because of the D.C. suburbs that Virginia ranks #2. If you proceed through the rest of top 13, only North Dakota leans conservative. Not exactly the centers of rock-ribbed, red meat conservatism you might expect.
That led us to take a more detailed look into the data. The Logo will discuss our findings later this weekend.
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Jul '10
Re: Where You're From, Part I
I've been thinking about why this thing is so addictive. Here's what I come up with: It's the only experience one can have of being engaged in a half-dozen or more conversations simultaneously. One throws out one's bait on each post and then bounces from thread to thread to see if one has hooked anything.
I know of nothing else like it online. You guys have done your work well, damn you.
Edited on May 7, 2011 at 10:05amApr '11
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What is up with Colorado? Purple State? Lots of Dems, and yet, per capita, #3... I do hope this is a sign...
May '10
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My guess is that those living in the driest climate are the first to run to the new well.
Sep '10
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An old professor once told me everything north of the Occoquan river should be referred to as "occupied Virginia" just because they are more dense up there doesn't mean they are more conservative but I am sure y'all know that already.
Jun '10
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In these places, maybe the literate part of the population is more literate than the national average. Just a guess. In Minnesota and North Dakota you certainly have a few months each year to curl up with a copy of the Federalist Papers, or with Rules for Radicals in the more troubled and misguided households.
Mar '11
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The cold weather also keeps people indoors to practice their instruments and attend community theater rehearsals.
Mar '11
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The cold weather also keeps people indoors to practice their instruments and attend community theater rehearsals.
May '10
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I'd be interested in the stats for Canada and of course from the UK, particularly Scotland. I can't be the only one.
May '10
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Australia?
Be sure and tell Mark that we're getting traffic from Burkina Faso on the next roundtable thingie. He may want to show more respect for the Burkinstock listeners.
Jan '11
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I'd love to be wrong, but I'm guessing I'm the only Ricochet member in Estonia. As a Minnesota native, I credit some good conservative radio stations (I'm not sure how well they're doing these days) for encouraging dissent against the leftist hordes. They certainly helped me see the light after college. Minnesotans like to keep things balanced, too (see also: Tim Pawlenty).
Oct '10
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I'll tell you what's up with Colorado - after fouling their nest in CA too many people migrated here and proceeded to redo what they just left. Highlands Ranch is Mission Viejo of the Rockies with the same results, aesthetically and politically. And the same is happening up and down the Front Range. It's a sign but not a good one....
May '10
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Want to talk about the power of Ricochet? My nascent campaign to get Paul Ryan to run for the White House picked up 400+ hits on YouTube since it was brought to the main page and at least one political blogger reposted this morning.
Oct '10
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Mark Monaghan
I'll tell you what's up with Colorado - after fouling their nest in CA too many people migrated here and proceeded to redo what they just left. Highlands Ranch is Mission Viejo of the Rockies with the same results, aesthetically and politically. And the same is happening up and down the Front Range. It's a sign but not a good one.... · May 7 at 6:43am
It's not just the Front Range. A blue vein runs along I-70 with branches off to Aspen and Telluride. That still leaves a lot of great territory worth more, to my taste, per square mile than anything found in the the more fashionable quarters. That having been said, I admit my weakness. Chief Niwot was correct. Go CU.
Nov '10
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'Zackly. Dead on. Bingo. Statists to the left of me, statists to the right of me here in NoVA, where everyone's drinkin' from the federal well.
Love this! And it's so true. Northern Virginia is, in many ways, the North. (I'm a native NoVA'n.) The rest of the state is, by and large, the South. I went to college in Williamsburg, in Tidewater VA--a prestigious school that is, sadly, hardly a bastion of conservatism anymore--and one of my history professors, a native VA Piedmonter, *still* referred to the Civil War as the War of Northern Aggression. (And drank bourbon in his coffee during class. But that's another thread....)
NoVA is "Metro DC," in every sense of that expression.
Edited on May 7, 2011 at 4:56pmRe: Where You're From, Part I
Kennedy Smith: Australia?
Be sure and tell Mark that we're getting traffic from Burkina Faso on the next roundtable thingie. He may want to show more respect for the Burkinstock listeners. · May 7 at 5:26am
Here's where our Anglospheric brethren would rank if they were states:
Canada: #4
Australia: #24
England: #26
Scotland would be about half the level as Wyoming. We had 135 unique visitors from Glasgow during the first few months of this year.
Burkina Faso, only 11.
Jul '10
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It warms my heart to see my native Virginia, the Old Dominion, Mother of Presidents so far up the list. Cheers to my fellow denizens of the Commonwealth!
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I can't tell you about Members (our location data on Members is spotty -- it's only what people self-report). But we did have 60 unique visitors from Estonia during the comparable period. (FWIW, we work with a very fine contract developer in Tallinn.)
Jun '10
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Canada #4 with a bullet!
Feb '11
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So sad Kentucky didn't make it. Happy Derby Day Yall.
Sep '10
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Exactly! My life would be nothing but thirsty without the Web. Ricochet is a vast oasis for sure.